March 8 is International Women’s Rights and International Peace Day, better known as International Women’s Day.
March 8 is International Women’s Rights and International Peace Day, better known as International Women’s Day.
Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy
On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.
Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.
